Earth Day, No Guilt. Today, I’ll be headed out on a purely recreational, fossil fueled, hit the open road, motorcycle tour. I’m burning gasoline today ‘cuz…Dude…Surf’s Up! It makes sense to ride today, it’s gonna be 24 degrees today and it will be the first awesome day this year for a scoot.
In July, 2001, 14 firefighters were trapped in a canyon of the Okanogan National Forest in Washington State when a 100-acre wildfire that had been nearly extinguished the night before came back to life. The helicopter that was scheduled to scoop water from the nearby Chewuch River and drop it on the sleeping embers at 10 a.m. didn't arrive until 3 p.m. when the wildfire was roaring out of control and the firefighters were scurrying for their lives. It did not make any sense at all that four young firefighters didn't make it out. Shortly after the fire passed, firefighters learned that the helicopter's five-hour delay was due to the presence in the Chewuch River of three species of so-called endangered fish, which U.S. Forest Service officials were afraid might be harmed by the water-scooping helicopter.
I am all about environmental protection; I’ve changed all my light bulbs to CFL and LED. Most days a bicycle is my primary transportation and I use public transit when it makes sense.
There it is…the nut…”when it makes sense”.
It makes sense to show my sweetheart, at least in some small way, that I love her every day. When I do, she seems to do the same in kind. Funny how that works. Last night it made sense to forgo hockey (Boston wasn't playing anyway) and to not put up a fight when she wanted to cuddle and watch 90210 In the end we got "sidetracked" and neither one of us ended up watching TV at all.
Don’t get me wrong, Earth Day, like Valentine’s Day, is a way of focusing for a moment on something that we don’t usually pay attention to, but is no substitute for a shift in our thinking.
Earth Day. If Hallmark has a card for it, like Valentine’s Day, I won’t buy it either.
Once you have adopted a daily common sense lifestyle, Earth Day, like Earth Hour, becomes just another passing moment.
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